Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish

Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish

Carolyn Ketchum |
June 21, 2017

Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish

I’ve been waiting to make this recipe for a long time. Ever since I discovered this crazy low carb, grain-free dough made with mozzarella cheese. It’s quite revolutionary and has opened up a whole new world of healthy baking for me. If you are not familiar with it but are trying to eat a healthier diet, it’s time to get familiar with it. You will be delighted, I promise you.

So here’s the deal. This dough really is based on mozzarella cheese and it makes for the best low carb pastry. The cheese acts like the gluten in conventional pastry, providing an elasticity that you simply can’t get with grain-free on their own. But one of the tricks is to not use the fresh mozzarella or the big blocks that you can grate yourself. You really want the pre-grated kind, preferably part-skim, because it has a little starch in it to keep it from clumping. This really helps the consistency of the dough. It doesn’t have to be really junky cheese though. I’ve used organic brands from both Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods and they work just as well.

You also need to make sure you are using truly fine almond flour and not the coarser almond meal. Coarsely ground almonds simply don’t integrate into the dough properly and you end up with a crumbly consistency that won’t roll out properly. I recommend either Bob’s Red Mill Super-Fine Almond Flour (make sure it’s this one and not their almond meal) or Honeyville.

With a little powdered Swerve, this bizarre sounding concoction really does make a wonderful, sweet dough for your favorite pastries. It’s both chewy and crisp, and it turns a lovely golden brown. I’ve made it with chocolate and I’ve made it with cinnamon. Now I’ve gone ahead and filled it with cream cheese and blueberries for a danish-style pastry. So good with a cup of coffee in the morning!